Svente Parish | |
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Country | Latvia |
Area | |
• Total | 127.15 km2 (49.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 117.39 km2 (45.32 sq mi) |
• Water | 9.76 km2 (3.77 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2024)[3] | |
• Total | 801 |
• Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Svente Parish (Latvian: Sventes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Augšdaugava Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia. In 2011, the Polish-speaking minority formed the largest ethnic group in the parish, but by 2020, the proportion of ethnic Poles had fallen to 29 percent, slightly below that of ethnic Latvians.[4] Russians form the third-largest ethnic group, and, as of 2021, Russian is the most widely spoken language in the parish.